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SPORTSChicago Sun-Times·10h ago

Cubs! White Sox! Playoffs! Keep chanting those words and maybe, just maybe, it'll last more than a few days

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The Chicago Cubs and White Sox face uncertainty heading into the playoffs after recent losses. The Cubs lost critical games, missing out on home-field advantage for their wild-card series against the Padres.

Are you ready for both the Cubs and the White Sox in the playoffs?For God’s sake, somebody has to be.Are the Cubs themselves ready? It’s a bit hard to believe in that after they spent the final days of the regular season losing back-to-back critical games at Wrigley Field to the going-nowhere Marlins, then gagging on both ends of a doubleheader in Boston, to rob themselves of a sweet chance at home-field advantage in a wild-card series against the Padres that starts Tuesday.Instead, off to San…

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